WRITER

Zeki Müren

1931 - 1996

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Zeki Müren (Turkish pronunciation: [zeˈci ˈmyɾæn]; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his contributions to the art industry, he was named a "State Artist" in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zeki Müren has received more than 348,551 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Zeki Müren is the 1,858th most popular writer (down from 1,604th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 546th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zeki Müren ranks 1,858 out of 7,302Before him are Per Wahlöö, Zinaida Gippius, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Anne Sexton, William Moulton Marston, and Gurju Khatun. After him are Théodore de Banville, Isaeus, Zbigniew Herbert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Benjamin Péret, and Eva Schloss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Zeki Müren ranks 123Before him are James Tolkan, Augusto Boal, Ermanno Olmi, Arawa Kimura, Viliam Schrojf, and Alfred Schmidt. After him are Margarita Lozano, Marianne Koch, Masaaki Hatsumi, Haya Harareet, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Uri Orlev. Among people deceased in 1996, Zeki Müren ranks 81Before him are Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Mary Leakey, Karl Rappan, Muhammad al-Badr, Stavros Niarchos, and Albert R. Broccoli. After him are Karl Frenzel, Christopher Robin Milne, Saul Bass, Dondinho, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Zeki Müren ranks 525 out of 1,347Before him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838), Michael Attaleiates (1021), Hipponax (-600), Andronikos Doukas (1006), Mustafa Balel (1945), and Theodore II Palaiologos (1396). After him are Hussein Dey (1773), Şenol Güneş (1952), Tuncel Kurtiz (1936), Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (1983), Doukas (1400), and Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Zeki Müren ranks 54Before him are Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), Petros Markaris (1937), Quadratus of Athens (100), Hipponax (-600), and Mustafa Balel (1945). After him are Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Pir Sultan Abdal (1480), Menander Protector (550), Nihal Atsız (1905), and Constantine Manasses (1130).